The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-02


We learn that the English committee
appointed to consider the subject OF c.-c-.
trical communications between j ,ht-
ships and the shore has reported in favor
of an Is months trial OF the system, with
a view TO lis adoption if ii proved salts
factory. light-ships viii then be con-.
vcrtcd into valuable lookout stations.
Gen. Brackeubury, in his evidence
before the English Committee on Army
Estimates, said England could never get
recruits of the British soldiers uniform
was made less imposing, and therefore
less attract ,C TO the fair sex, and he
secuted the idea that the spike gl the.
German soldier would be considered an
effective substitute for the raiment oil q
Guardsman IN ali his glory.
A military balloon which had been
constructed at Paris on an elaborate scale,
and provided with all the most recent
aerostatic improvements to the order Of
the Chinese Government was lately
landed 1t IIcntsin. The German engi-
neers employed in the state arsenal at
that place had the machine at once es,-
amincd and inflated, when the details OF
It's system and working W.re carefully
noted and at once forwarded IN report
10 Berlin.
The new Russian ironclad cruiser
IGntrUl NuhimCT, which was com
mcnced at St. Petersburg in 1884 oR the
model OF the LRprris,es, has just arrived
at Cronstadt, where il viii be completed
in time TO be commissioned towards the
close a the autumn. The NDtbiwQg IS
Is It. longer than the HHys- ''>,, and
about 400 tons heavier; and during her
construction the Russians have taken
advantage Of the exposure OF the GeIects
OF the original vessel 10 improve upon
her.
The great archipelago which belongs
/ to Holland is generally SO tranquil and 80
entirely Dutch in It's WAYS, that very
little news from il finds its way into our
/ papers. And yet in extent and wealth,
| Java, Sumatra and CeHbcs coa%Lu'" IN
| Imperial possession besides Bur-eo, the
! North and Northwest OF which do not
/ belong TO, or do not acknowledge the rule
OF Holland. Tie Dutch rule 25Uo1,OOO
/ people, not the most manageable ia tie
! wOrld-Java alone containing nearly 49,
/ 100000 nativys-witA an army VI IcEs
than $4,000 Europeans.
Most Of the islets Of the Atlantic
. have been carefully surveyed, and their
animals and plants duly noted ami col
| lcctcd, but one or two vet ramalu uneT-
/ plored. To one ot these Fcr.AndO de
Noronna as 10 was called by the early eX-
plOrcls, an expedition, under the auspices
Ui tn. ROval Society and the BRUSH MI
scum, i about to start The island, or
group OF islands, lies within four degrees
south OF the Equator OF ihs unr,Aea7O
corner Of Brazil, and POO miles from the
nearest land. The lar, It island j. uaa-
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